(Washington Insider Magazine) – Abigail Zwerner was shot through the hand and also wounded her chest, however, before receiving medical help, she managed to get all her students to safety.
In the midst of the tragedy in Virginia, a heroine appeared at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, after the shooting caused by a 6-year-old student, who injured her teacher, however, the woman saved the rest of the students by removing them from the living room, despite being injured.
Shooting Was Intentional
As the police themselves had anticipated, the shooting “was intentional” while the teacher, identified as 25-year-old Abigail Zwerner, was giving a lesson when the boy pulled out a gun and fired.
The teacher “took a defensive position” and raised her hand, Police Chief Steve Drew said; the bullet passed through her hand and into her chest, so she remains hospitalized and is reported to be in stable condition.
The boy was using a Taurus 9mm firearm, which Drew described as a pistol. Police said the gun was purchased legally by the boy’s mother.
Gun Bought by Boy to School
The boy brought the gun to school in his backpack, but it is suspected that the gun was on the boy’s body, not in his backpack, at the time of the shooting.
Three days from that moment, it was revealed that after Zwerner was shot, he was able to evacuate the children from his classroom; Security footage even showed the children in the classroom going out into the hallway and entering a neighboring classroom.
Zwerner was the last person to leave the classroom, police said, calling her “a hero.”
“It was heroic the way the students were cared for,” Drew said.
An unidentified school official entered the classroom and restrained the boy, police said, while Zwerner sought help at the administrative offices.
After the announcement of the shooting and the rapid arrival of the police, the school was systematically evacuated and parents reunited with their children. Students who had been in the classroom where the shooting occurred were taken to the school library, where they met with detectives and mental health professionals.
This article is authored by La Opinion.
